Temple of the Dark Moon

Terengganu got 2 days off for hari raya haji, plus one day leave i took, means something like fives days of no work in a stretch! i work only 2 days! heheheh…and that also on the second day cabut at around 3pm cause the so called car i gonna tumpang leaves at three… sv don seem to care that much though, haha… probably they don care also lar… don have us better…ahhahaha…

this is what me conversation with prof radha is like:

prof: "so chin, what is your preferred place to work?"

me: "i can work anywhere! dump me anywhere and i can survive."

yeah right! whole lot of over confidence crap. and there and then i thought that i can survive anywhere on this planet because i have very low demand for life, no shopping mall? no problemo…i don go shoppings anyways… no night life? no problemo… i don go out much anyways… some where deserted? nothing to fuss, i can live on my own. all in all, i make it sound like i’m not too into civilization kind of a guy…ghahahaha….what poor understanding i have about myself.

when i first got to know i was about to be dumped into a world called Kerteh, famous for its gas processing plants and wild boar meat, i never thought much about though. i mean, i live in tronoh and it doesnt bother me that much. so somewhere in the middle of nowhere wouldnt be that much of a difference considering i have already been living in the middle of nowhere for the past 4 years. but i tend to forget the tiny details that middle of nowhere that i am about to go and the middle of nowhere im about to leave.

all was well, since the first week of work is kinda like an eye opener ya know…i mean it is the first time i have been to work..so its exciting! staying in the office for eight hours, communicating with ppl 5 to 10 years your senior.. not very good at it yet, but getting to it. but after a while, i kinda feel …feel…depressed. hmm, im not sure if thats the word, but you just kinda feel all weird, like something is wrong, and you just donno what, but its rather frustrating. then it seemed to dawn on me… things here just moves too slowly. its peaceful… i mean you feel at peace because there is no rushing. you don really see it.  no morning rush, everyone travels at their pace. no jam, no one honking or busy overtaking just to get to work on time. because i don think there is a need since everything just lay at the same stretch of road. and of course, there is nothing to do around here, everyday u come back from home, its the room or the television. there is no place for to go for a walk to window shop or mamak or that kind of thing.

then all the sudden i realise, i cant seem to get use to this peaceful way of life. where life travels so slowly. no matter how much i say i don go shopping, i don go out at night, i don all the usual city kid stuff, i cant stand it when its all not here! why? i got no answer. all i know is i miss all commercial life i see everyday back home. the busy road just infront of my house, the multitude of people at the shopping mall, rows upon rows of shop houses, lack of parking spaces and the string of curses one usually utters when faced with traffic jams and no-cow-sense drivers; i think has become essential part of my life. hahahahahaha. thinking that i am no city kid is probably nothing short of naive.

the question is, i lived in tronoh didnt i? there was no rows upon rows of shop houses, no shopping mall with multitude of ppl, no traffic jams, no night life, well, there is lack of parking spaces and no-cow-sense drivers…but apart from that…isnt it similar to a place like Kerteh? why then can i adapt? theres where i realized the tiny details that i overlooked when i confidently declare i wouldnt matter whether is tronoh of kerteh.

in tronoh, in our very own UTP, i had the most invaluable presence. the Ni Lao Hia clan. not to forget the smaller groups within, the kenari gang, and the karaoke clan. all i had i kerteh now is .. well, its best not to mention… anyways, we may not have night life in UTP, but we sure did have funny house mates that almost makes a lot drama scene every night….. so much better than TVB drama series if you ask me. i also had dota that can occupy you for hours…all that is definitely not found in Kerteh…sighs…its been only one month still got seven months to go. all said and done, no matter what, we must still learn to adapt…im doin it (if by adapt you mean getting streamyx connection that is..ahhahaha), so far have been a little successful. well, that much for trying.